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Quote Originally Posted by tecoyah View Post
Wait....you say the SCOTUS takes too long, yet think our congress will be faster?
You seriously gotta be joking.
Do you have an argument? I don't see one.
If you actually fail to see my point...it goes very far to explain your proposed solution, as you are somewhat feeble minded. You propose creating a new committee within a Congress so inept and partisan divided that it cannot manage those tasks it is charged with already. If you honestly think a NEW group within this part of Government will speed up Constitutional Law Decisions, you may not see the reality everyone else does.
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Quote Originally Posted by tecoyah View Post
Wait....you say the SCOTUS takes too long, yet think our congress will be faster?
You seriously gotta be joking.
Do you have an argument? I don't see one.
There are three main ways that this could happen:
1. Have a certain level of constitutional expertise be required for being a member of Congress. The test that determines such expertise would be put together by a diverse committee of constitutional scholars and veteran judges. Because members of Congress would have a more than sufficient understanding of the Constitution, they will vote on the constitutionality of laws within Congress and a super majority will be required for approval.
2. Create a multi-partisan committee within Congress dedicated to determining the constitutionality of laws.
3. Have Congress submit proposed laws to a body of judges, who then determine whether or not its constitutional before it is put before the floor.
4. A combination of any of the above.
It's incredibly likely that presidents are also influenced by their own agenda when appointing judges which is why people consider it so important for their own party to appoint them. That's also one of the issues that manifests itself in judicial activism. Interestingly enough, having a single individual appoint judges to the court may open the judgement of constitutionality to more bias than having multi-partisan committees determine constitutionality since the latter ensures that people of different agendas come to the same conclusion while the former opens up the possibility of a stacked court.
If you actually fail to see my point...it goes very far to explain your proposed solution, as you are somewhat feeble minded. You propose creating a new committee within a Congress so inept and partisan divided that it cannot manage those tasks it is charged with already. If you honestly think a NEW group within this part of Government will speed up Constitutional Law Decisions, you may not see the reality everyone else does.